-- As the program begins, Irv Smith Jr. announces on Twitter he’s going pro. AL.com reported Thursday night he had decided to enter the draft. Saban said Smith couldn’t make it to the news conference because he was attending tight end Hale Hentges' wedding this weekend.

-- Quinnen Williams is first at the podium. He said Saban took a chance on him in high school when others did not. (Williams is now a potential top-5 pick.)

-- Josh Jacobs is next. He said it’s a tough decision and still wasn’t sure what he wanted to do on the ride up to the building Friday but he’s going to the draft. He thanked former running backs coach Burton Burns for teaching him “everything I know about football.”

-- Jonah Williams is last. He admitted his talk will sound more like a Grammy acceptance speech. He’s thanking everybody behind the scenes from the training staff to compliance to Nick Saban for recruiting him to Alabama from California.